Combined tool



(No Model.)

T. WARREN,

GOMBINED TOOL.

No. 416,526. Patented Dec. 3, 1889.

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UNITE STATES P TENT OFFICE.

THOMAS WARREN, OF CENTRALIA, ILLINOIS.

COMBINI-FIDTOOL.

SPECIFICATION formingpart of Letters Patent No. 416,526, dated December 3, 1889.

Application filed July 23, 1889. Serial No. 318,4:53- (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, THOMAS \VARREN, of Oentralia, in the county of Marion and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Combined Tools; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it pertains to make and use it, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, which form part of this specification.

My invention relates to an improvement in combined tools; and it consists in the combination of the two jaws of a wrench, one of which is provided with an arm or projection and the other with a slot, through which the arm or projection extends, and a blade, upon which the two arms are pivoted near one end, as will be more fully described hereinafter.

The object of my invention is to combine with a wrench a blade which forms a screwdriver at one end and a tool of any desired description at the other, and which can be brought into play when the wrench is not in i use.

Figure 1 is a side elevation of a combined tool which embodies my invention. Fig. 2 shows the same closed and ready for use as a wrench. Fig. 3 shows the arrangement of the parts when the blade is to be used.

A represents one of the jaws of the wrench, and which is provided with an arm or projection B near its outer end. This arm or projection extends at right angles to the length of the jaw, and is provided with suitable notches or serrations, as shown. The other jaw G of the wrench is made nearly straight, and is provided with an opening D through it for the arm or projection B to pass through, as shown in Fig. 2. The upper edge of the opening or recess D is provided with notches or serrations G; so as to correspond to notches or serrations upon the arm or projectionB. When the arm or projection is passed-through the recess D, the serrations G engage with the serrations I in the edge of the arm or projection B, and thus the two jaws A C are locked in any desired relation to each other. 1

The two jaws A O are pivoted to the blade J near one end, and this blade serves to lock and unlock the jaws when placed in any desired relation to each other. The blade J is so shaped as to form a screw-driver L at one end, while the edges of the longer-portion may be formed into a knife-blade, a saw, or any other desired tool that may be preferred.

\Vhen the wrench is ready for use, as shown in Fig. 2, the blade J extends in a line with the two jaws A (J, and only the screw-driver portion L extends beyond the two ends of the jaws. These two jaws being pivoted upon the blade, any movement of the blade necessarily affects the jaws, for the two pivots O are moved in a 'circle, which draws one jaw in and throws the other out. If it is desired to open the jaws, the blade must be moved around toward the jaw A, which turns the pivots in a circle, throwing the jaw C outward and drawing the jaw A backward sufficiently far to disengage the arm or projection B from the ratchets G in the recess D of the jaw O, and then the two jaws A O can be opened or closed to any desired extent, or they can be adjusted into the position shown in Fig. 3 for the purposeof bringing the blade J into use. When the tool is closed, as shown in Fig. 2, the back of the blade J rests against a pin a upon the jaw A; but when the blade J is open, as shown in Fig. 3, a pin 1) upon the screw-driver L rests in notches (2, formed in the two jaws A G, which looks the blade in position so long as the jaws are held together, as shown in this figure.

As long as the wrench is closed, as shown in Fig. 2, the blade is held in a direct line with the two jaws, and is held rigidly by the aws. J When the jaws of the wrench are adjusted into the position shown in Fig. 3, the blade,

saw, or other tool J is brought into position for use and is held rigidly by the jaws.

Besides serving as a blade or other tool, the blade serves as a base to which the two jaws are pivoted, so as to be held in an operative position to-each other.

Having thus described my invention, I claim- 1. The combination of the two jaws A C of the wrench, one of which is provided with the arm or projection B and the other with a recess D, with the blade J, to which the two jaws are pivoted, substantially as shown.

2. The combination of the jaw A, provided with the arm or projection 15, having the wrench when not in position for use, substan- [O notches I, and the jaw 0, provided with a retiaily as described. cess D, and the notches G, with a blade J, to In testimony whereof I afiix my signature which both of thejaws are pivoted, and which in presence of two witnesses.

5 blade is made to project beyond the ends of the jaws at one end, so as to form a screw- THOMAS \VARREN. driver when the wrench is ready for use, and \Vitnesses: which blade can be swung entirely around, so L. F. CASEY,

as to extend in a line with the jaws of the S. L. DWIGHT. 

